Narikaton and Darnussia

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First State House elections: Conservatives win two states, DRP beats VVP in Narikaton
January 5676



It took long preparations and the establishment of legal prerequisites but this month, the people of the member republics have finally went to the new state-level urns to elect their state legislative representatives to their respective State Houses. Political pundits were expressing different perspectives and prognosis on how these individual elections are going to turn out, many stated that the dynamics for these elections might radically change from Federal Elections, now lets look at the results to see if their opinions turn out to be true.



In Narikaton which traditionally votes conservative or centrist within the margin of error, the centrist Democratic Republican Party (DRP) has managed to overtake the VVP by a difference of four percentage points of voter share, which marks a recording result when compared to federal election within the same region. Political analysts from the University of Merenbürg (State capital of Narikaton) pointed out that Narikaton is more centrist when it comes to economic policy and moderately conservative on “morality” (civil liberty) issues hence they tend to shift between the VVP and the DRP, while the conservatives claim to be the “hosian party” allegations of corruption, the untamed corporate alliance and the almost libertarian stance on many issues have slowly caused the hosian-democratic demographic to shift toward the DRP or the TKP, in recent years, due to a general downturn in Thallerist momentum in the Triad, the DRP seems to be the main profiting party of this development. Other than that, the results hardly surprise, the VVP is in second place and the GRP in third. Many expect the DRP to approach the GRP rather than the VVP as to not invite the main rival into State government.



Darnussia paints a very different picture with a landslide victory for the conservative VVP. Considering that Darnussia has been considered core-VVP territory in federal elections many suspected the election to go this way, maybe less one-sidedly though. With more than 10% separating the second placed social democratic GRP and a rather strong TKP, it seems that Darnussia has steadfastly aligned itself with the hard right of the Triad. Key demographics in this state have been the established middle-class along the coastline as well as the rural regions of inner Darnussia. State chairman of the VVP, Ulrich Hölglelschepper, a internal rival of the sitting VVP president Kooi-Oppensteiner, voiced sympathies to form a state-government with the TKP.



The Republic of Himmelshtern was expected to be the most heatedly fought for member republic among the parties. Many very excited to see the first Himmelshtern-only results in the Triad and wild speculations on its outcome have been expressed by both hobbyist political commentators as well as professional analysts. A strong YVP showing with 30% closely followed by the center-right YBP clearly show us the political landscape of Himmelshtern. While not committing to far-right or far-left rhetorics with the TKP and the YAV (far-left socialist faction), the center-right clearly seems to dominate the formerly Beiteynese state, its also clear that the population of Himmelshtern values its unique cultural values as the two victorious parties have distinctly tried to incorporate Yeudi “flair” and traditions into their presentation as well as campaigning. Before the elections the YVP and the YBP have already committed to working together to make the Republic of Himmelshtern the pearl within a sea of gold.